CVE-2002-0702

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 31.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2002-07-26 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Format string vulnerabilities in the logging routines for dynamic DNS code (print.c) of ISC DHCP daemon (DHCPD) 3 to 3.0.1rc8, with the NSUPDATE option enabled, allow remote malicious DNS servers to execute arbitrary code via format strings in a DNS server response.

Affected products

ISC Dhcpd: 3.0, 3.0.1-rc1, 3.0.1-rc2, 3.0.1-rc3, 3.0.1-rc4, 3.0.1-rc5 (+3)

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0063.html
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000483
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102089498828206&w=2
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-12.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9039.php
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/854315
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-037.php
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2002_19_dhcp.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4701
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0063.html

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